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Shutdown Poised to Stretch Into Next Week as Senate Deadlocks Again and House Stays Out

Democrats are withholding votes to force immediate action on ACA subsidies, with a demand to reverse Medicaid cuts before open enrollment.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., return to their offices after meeting with reporters on the third day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La. and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 30: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., leaves the Senate Democrats' lunch meeting in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
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Overview

  • The Senate again failed to advance dueling stopgap bills, with the GOP measure falling 54–44 short of the 60 votes needed to proceed.
  • Only Sens. John Fetterman and Catherine Cortez Masto, plus independent Angus King, backed advancing the GOP bill, while Sen. Rand Paul was the lone Republican no vote.
  • Senators were sent home until Monday for another round of votes, and the House canceled votes until Oct. 14, extending the partial shutdown into next week.
  • Democrats are conditioning support for a funding bill on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits and reversing recent Medicaid cuts; Republican leaders insist on a clean CR first.
  • Operational pressure mounted as an estimated 750,000 federal employees faced furloughs, the Labor Department withheld the monthly jobs report, and the administration froze or moved to cancel billions in project funds, including DOT money for New York and Chicago and DOE awards in multiple states.